[CRIU] [libvirt] libvirt support for LXC

[Kunal Kushwaha]

Is there any libvirt or third party tool available for converting Physical
machine to virtual for LXC?

I would like to evaluate such tools, so please let me know.


Best Regards,
Kunal Kushwaha


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Dmitry Guryanov <dguryanov at parallels.com>wrote:

> On 130207 15:19:08, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 03:51:52PM +0530, Kunal Kushwaha wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am new to this community and am not much aware of current status
> libvirt
> > > work for LXC.
> > >
> > > Currently I am evaluating LXC with libvirt.
> > > and I found still many features like checkpoint/restore/live migration
> ,
> >
> > Checkpoint/restore/migration is something we'd have to delegate to
> > the CRIU code (http://criu.org/LXC). I'm not sure how easy that is
> > todo though, since CRIU code is not a nicely reusable library, it is
> > a set of command line tools. This will need some investigation. I
> > don't believe anyone is actively working on it.
>
> Please, feel free to contact CRIU development team
> (https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/criu).
>
> We are open for discussion and will help with integration.
>
> >
> > > Attach storage device etc are not implemented.
> >
> > I think you migth have looked at an old libvirt release. I added
> > support for hotplug of disks (raw file or block dev), netwok
> > devices & host devices (usb, block & character devices) in the
> > last few months
> >
> > > Please feel free to comment in case, I am wrong or tested not propely
> the
> > > libvirt and marked some working feature as not working for LXC.
> >
> > You seem to have sent HTML to this list, which does not render at all
> > nicely
> >
> > > Command Name
> > >
> > > Description (brief)
> > >
> > > Status (working or not)
> > >
> > > 01
> > >
> > > autostart
> > >
> > > Enable and disable the automatic starting of a guest domain when the
> > > libvirt daemon starts.
> > >
> > > ₒ
> > >
> > > 02
> > >
> > > Console
> > >
> > > connect to the virtual serial console for the guest.
> > >
> > > ₒ
> > >
> > > 03
> > >
> > > create
> > >
> > > creates a guest domain from an xml file # does not work. gives error.
> >
> >
> > Can you resend this list in a format that is more readable in plain text
> > only.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daniel
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